Type I chaperonins: Not all are created equal

Galit Levy-Rimler, Rachel E. Bell, Nir Ben-Tal, Abdussalam Azem*

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Abstract

Type I chaperonins play an essential role in the folding of newly translated and stress-denatured proteins in eubacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts. Since their discovery, the bacterial chaperonins have provided an excellent model system for investigating the mechanism by which chaperonins mediate protein folding. Due to the high conservation of the primary sequence among Type I chaperonins, it is generally accepted that organellar chaperonins function similar to the bacterial ones. However, recent studies indicate that the chloroplast and mitochondrial chaperonins possess unique structural and functional properties that distinguish them from their bacterial homologs. This review focuses on the unique properties of organellar chaperonins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume529
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Oct 2002

Funding

FundersFunder number
G.I.F.
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

    Keywords

    • Chaperonin
    • GroEL
    • GroES
    • Type I chaperonin
    • cpn10
    • cpn60

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